Crypto treasury-company flows fell to $180 million in May, the weakest monthly total since October 2024, with Bitcoin-linked firms taking $177 million of the inflows. April posted $4.4 billion, meaning May was down 95% month over month, while Litecoin recorded a $1.89 million outflow.

Bitcoin ended May at $73,560, down 3.40% for the month, as analysts debated whether the February low near $60,000 marked this cycle's bottom. PlanB argued the data suggests a greater-than-50% chance of further downside, with the 200-week moving average around $61,000 and realized price near $53,000 highlighted as key levels.

Ripple completed its latest monthly escrow cycle by unlocking 1 billion XRP in three transfers valued at more than $1.33 billion. The moves included 500 million XRP (~$666 million), 400 million XRP (~$533 million), and 100 million XRP (~$133 million), while executives said permanently destroying the remaining escrow has not been ruled out.

Bitcoin's market cap has slid to about $1.46 trillion, leaving it behind gold and several large tech names in global asset rankings. Ki Young Ju says an on-chain profitability model suggests the bearish phase that began in Oct 2025 could persist for roughly 18 months, potentially extending into early 2027. Bitcoin was around $73,289 at the time of the report, while derivatives open interest was near $55 billion and 24-hour liquidations were close to $224 million.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on May 29, 2026 that US authorities had quietly seized roughly $1 billion in digital assets tied to Iran. He linked the seizures to “Operation Economic Fury,” launched in March 2025, and contrasted the figure with earlier public totals of $500 million in late April and $344 million earlier that month.

XRP is drawing fresh attention after XLM's 40% weekly rise, with analysts highlighting a familiar correlation between the two assets. XRP gained 2.50% over the past 24 hours but is down 2.50% in seven days and about 5% over the past month, last trading near Coinbase's $1.23–$1.30 liquidity zone. A Coinbase order-book heatmap shows bids outweighing asks by about seven times, while some reports also point to new 20x-leverage XRP longs on Hyperliquid.

Bitcoin slid out of the world’s top 10 largest assets by market cap after a heavy liquidation day that wiped out more than 172,000 traders. Total crypto liquidations reached $921 million in 24 hours, including $352 million tied to Bitcoin, as BTC traded near $73,125 and moved between $72,485 and $75,280.

Technical analyst Chart Nerd said XRP could drop a further 59% to 62% versus Bitcoin before stabilizing, targeting 0.0000071 to 0.0000065 on the XRP/BTC pair. The analyst also highlighted a long-running pattern of lower highs since 2017 and suggested the weakness reflects capital sticking with BTC rather than rotating into altcoins.

Bitcoin's move up to $82,800 has not changed Benjamin Cowen's bearish stance, as he argues the rebound fits a repeating four-year pattern. He points to repeated rejections at the 200-day simple moving average and says the latest countertrend rally lasted 16 weeks, shorter than prior examples that ran beyond 20 weeks. Cowen also reiterates his view that a deeper leg lower could push BTC below the February 6 low of $60,000.